Slang time machine
Every English slang term has a moment it first showed up in print or on someone's lips. We've tagged 1,000 terms with a first attested decade — from 18th-century thieves’ cant through to 2020s internet vocabulary. Pick a decade below.
1500s — 22 terms
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caker
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊illy
1500🎵 Music & Lyrics
🔊maggot
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊pet
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊shalk
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊bounce
1500🎵 Music & Lyrics
bluesky
🔊roadman
1500🎵 Music & Lyrics
🔊runt
1500🎤 Black culture & AAVE
bluesky
🔊flannel
1500🎤 Black culture & AAVE
bluesky
🔊balling
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊kernel
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊acceptance
1500🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
bluesky
🔊adopt
1500🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊be with
1500🎤 Black culture & AAVE
bluesky
🔊packet
1500🌐 Internet & Memes
bluesky
🔊camp-ball
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊dusty
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊Brittany
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊Jasper
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊Lane
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊arsy versy
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊Aaron's rod
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊Administrator
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊adult
1500🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Johnny
1500🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊ABCs
1500🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊anglo
1500🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
bluesky
🔊casket
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊common good
1500💼 Corporate & Work
bluesky
🔊academy
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊hank
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊ablutions
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊Rock
1500🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
youtube
🔊nugget
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊nutcracker
1500🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊Jeremiah
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊upcast
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊pisspot
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊accommodation
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊Trinity
1500🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊Jane
1500🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊umbethink
1500🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Animal
1500🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Jacob
1500🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊admittance
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊advocation
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊chargeant
1500🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊absentee
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊area
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊agent
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊parole
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊abb
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊aks
1500🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊admission
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊accumulation
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊adiate
1500🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊nowt
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊abridgment
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
texting
🔊vex
1500🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊neuk
1500⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊admire
1500🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊accession
1500🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊do for
1500🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
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AAVE and internet slang
The single biggest source of new mainstream English vocabulary, and why most of the words you used today started here.
Attestation dates come from etymologies originally sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0) and editorial expansion authored on Slangora. They reflect the earliest documented use we found for each term, not necessarily the moment it was coined.